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The US payments landscape: EMV, card-not-present and mobile ecosystems
There are a lot of moving parts in the US payments landscape with the ongoing EMV migration to chip technology, growth in mobile payments and contactless payments, and the increasing need to secure the card-not-present environment – all of which need support from and coordination with the entire payments ecosystem. With the expanding needs of [...]
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Killer devices to hacked fingerprints: 17 financial crime trends for 2017
If the world seemed dangerous from a financial crime perspective last year, analytics firm FICO predict an even more challenging 2017. In a new paper, four of the leaders in the company’s fraud and financial crime group laid out 17 predictions, ranging from killer devices in the home to hacked fingerprints. Some of the biggest [...]
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EMV payment card market struggles for growth as saturation levels hit
Global EMV payment card shipments reached just under 3 billion in 2016, marking a year-on-year (YoY) increase of less than 1%. Between 2012 and 2015. The market became accustomed to annual growth rates in the 20% to 35% range, as first China and then the US began their respective EMV migration programs. But as overstocking, paired [...]
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Certifying (m)POS terminals for EMV Level 3: as easy as it looks?
Before any payment terminal gets out there, it needs to adhere to the rules set by the payment systems (or payment brands), like the latest EMV Level 3. That means that each merchant-processor/acquirer combination needs to be certified before any (m)POS terminal goes into operation. This certification is an essential proof of quality and guarantees [...]
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U.S. Payments Forum: top priorities for 2017
The U.S. Payments Forum has released its winter 2017 market snapshot, providing updates on the status of the US EMV chip migration, 2017 priorities for accelerating merchant chip enablement and securing the card-not-present channel, and recently-released resources for the payments industry. The U.S. Payments Forum, a cross-industry body focused on deployment of new and emerging payments [...]
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